> The employer is almost always taking on more risk than the applicant—particularly in smaller companies. I had my reservations with the “solutions” and reason

> The employer is almost always taking on more risk than the applicant—particularly in smaller companies. I had my reservations with the “solutions” and reasoning proposed in the article up until this point. This is a “Sorry, you are wrong” moment for me. Much of this article is based on the premise that this is solving for hiring Senior Engineers. If you are in need of one or one is interested in your company, then there is equally high risk for the engineer. They are potentially giving up a stable job, uprooting their family, putting a job hop on their resume, etc. That’s a lot of financial risk. There’s also the risk of your company not being as good as they hoped. Yes, that comes down to negotiations, but you are no where near that stage at this point in the evaluation process. Again, I must reiterate that this is wrong because this article is geared towards Senior Engineers. Juniors and Mids, fine. I can accept that. However, for an article that started out trying to use data from interviews to understand both perspectives, it started skewing heavily towards the employer’s side by the end.